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Lower discount rate, global scope key in devising new US social cost of carbon -experts

Published 22:15 on February 10, 2021  /  Last updated at 22:15 on February 10, 2021  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, International, US

The US should adopt a lower discount rate for its social cost of carbon (SCC) schedule and reincorporate global climate change damages into the calculation, experts said on Wednesday.
The US should adopt a lower discount rate for its social cost of carbon (SCC) schedule and reincorporate global climate change damages into the calculation, experts said on Wednesday.


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